Mop holder



' Jan. 4,1927.

B C. CLEMENT MOP HOLDER Filed March 27. 1926 Patented Jan. 4, 1927.

- UNlTEDp J'PALT-ENT' OFFICE.

MOP HOLDER.

Application filed March 27,1920. Serial No. 97,845.

- The sole purpose of this invehtion is to effectively lock andhold, the. lever tightly until the o eratordesires to release the lever to remove' th'e ,mop. It will automatically jock the lever when the lever is fully depressedto'tli stick, and will be easily and quickly disengaged by a slight pressure to the 'side with the'thumb. I In order that the invention may be clearlu'ly'undei'stood tlie same will be hereinafter fully 'describedas illustrated in the accompanying drawin and the novel features thereof will be distinctly pointed out in the ap ended claims.

igure 1 is a front View of a spring lever.

mop holder constructed in accordance with my invention, without the mop attached, in

a closed and locked position.

Figure 2 isa front view of the same with mo attached. i

B igure,3 is a view of the invention, and is shown in Fifiure 1 andFigure 2 attached to the mop andle, and is represented by the numerals 11. j

Referring to, the drawing iii-Figure 1 the spring lock 11,,is'shown attached to mop .handle to come in contact with lever 12, at

9, inst below the-shoulder oflever 12.

In Figure 2, with mop in place the lever Q 12, is drawn uptow'ard mop head so thatth'e spring lock 11,,is enga d with lever 12 at 10," a certain distance arth'r back, toward the end of lever 1.12,

of mop'bingiisedj I .what I claim is:

depending on the size .devide to the mop handle. It is to be understood that the details of construction as to size from 1 to 2, and from 2 to 3, and

from 4 to5, and from 5 to 6, and the length of thumb lever (7), may be varied within the scope of theclaims'for best results;

Having fully described myv invention,

1. A look for mop holder leverscomprising a-split. ring clip of flattened spring material adapted to embrace/ the handle of a mop, the free ends of the clip bein curved outwardly and divergingly to provi e spring guides for the lever. w

2. A look for mop holder levers comprising a split ring clip of flattened spring ma terial adapted to embrace the handle of a mop, the free ends of the clip bein curved co outwardly and-diverginglyto provif e spring 'guides for the lever, said clip adjacent said guides being provided with shoulders to receive edges oil the mop lever.

ture.

BENJAMIN o. CLEMENT.

Intestimony' whereof: I aflix my signa-fifi' 

